Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in China, Macao SAR
China, Macao SAR: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 0.43 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in China, Macao SAR, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tree-covered areas — area from modis in China, Macao SAR is 0.43 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in China, Macao SAR peaked at 0.64 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.43 1000 ha, in 2024.
China, Macao SAR ranks 200th of 223 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in China, Macao SAR, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.56 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 0.64 1000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2003 | 0.62 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 0.64 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 0.58 1000 ha | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 0.64 1000 ha | +10.3% |
| 2007 | 0.64 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.6 1000 ha | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 0.6 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.62 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 0.56 1000 ha | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 0.56 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.56 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.58 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 0.56 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 0.51 1000 ha | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 0.56 1000 ha | +9.8% |
| 2018 | 0.6 1000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 0.54 1000 ha | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 0.51 1000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 0.49 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 0.47 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 0.45 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 0.43 1000 ha | -4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6133 1000 ha | 0.56 1000 ha | 0.64 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.565 1000 ha | 0.51 1000 ha | 0.62 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.47 1000 ha | 0.43 1000 ha | 0.51 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, Macao SAR
- 197 Oman 1.26 1000 ha compare
- 198 Turkmenistan 0.58 1000 ha compare
- 199 United States Minor Outlying Islands 0.45 1000 ha compare
- 200 Libya 0.43 1000 ha compare
- 202 Bermuda 0.3 1000 ha compare
- 203 Antarctica 0.24 1000 ha compare
More environment data for China, Macao SAR
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.01 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity 0 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 6,196 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 6,196 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 6,196 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 1,000 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 0 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in China, Macao SAR?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in China, Macao SAR was 0.43 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in China, Macao SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 0.64 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in China, Macao SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.43 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does China, Macao SAR rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- China, Macao SAR ranks 200th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in China, Macao SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, Macao SAR data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.